How much do we pay in gas taxes?

Washington has the highest gas tax in the nation, as many of you pointed out. The state gas tax is 36 cents per gallon, and the federal gas tax is 18.4 cents per gallon. Wisconsin has the second-highest at 32.9 cents pergallon, followed by West Virginia at 31.5 cents per gallon.

According to phase 1 of a gasoline study released by the state Attorney General’s Office earlier this summer:

Washington, unlike most states, depends almost exclusively on the gas tax, as opposed to general tax revenue, to fund state highway maintenance and construction,

Alaska has the lowest state fuel tax at 8 cents per gallon, followed by Wyoming at 14 cents and New Jersey at 14.5 cents.